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Study debunks heart attack-male baldness link
A new study of more than 5,000 men calls into question the idea that baldness can signal a greater risk of heart disease.
Baghdad violence spirals higher despite clampdown
Twenty-three people were killed and 83 injured in Baghdad's Shi'ite slum of Sadr City on Wednesday, security sources said, despite vehicle bans aimed at preventing unrest from spreading on the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.
Russian poisoner killed family for fun
A Russian man is facing life in jail for killing at least six people, including his wife and daughter, by adding poison to their food and watching their agonising deaths, Russian television reported on Wednesday.
French govt lowers ambition on anti-poverty measure
The cash-strapped French government is scaling back plans for a national rollout of cash incentives for people to go back to work, to the dismay of the cabinet member fighting for the measure.
UK loses bid to deport Jordanian
A Jordanian man described by Britain as a "significant international terrorist" won a court appeal on Wednesday against deportation.
At least 7 die in Pakistan political violence
At least seven people were killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Pervez Musharraf in the southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, hospital officials said.
Missing TV host's family 'extremely concerned'
Police searching for missing children's television presenter Mark Speight said on Wednesday his family are "extremely concerned" for his welfare following his disappearance two months after his fiancee's death.
S.Korea conservatives win parliament majority
The conservative party of South Korea's new president won a slim a majority in a Wednesday parliamentary election, which should give him the political muscle to push through reforms for Asia's fourth largest economy.
Next US president urged to outline climate policy
The next U.S. president should signal a shift in global warming policies before taking office to help a U.N. meeting in Poland in December take steps to work out a new climate treaty, Poland said on Wednesday.
France will try again to help Colombia hostage
France will try to find another way to help hostage Ingrid Betancourt after it abandoned a mission to send a medical team to the Colombian jungle where she is held, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Wednesday.
Olympics-How new technology keeps the flame burning
The tradition of the Olympic flame is rooted in Greek sporting heritage dating back thousands of years but new technology keeps the fire burning whatever the elements - or modern-day protester - can throw at it.
EU urges members to meet Millennium aid pledges
European Union states must meet pledges to boost aid to poor countries, the EU executive said on Wednesday, warning that missing U.N. goals would be a disaster for developing nations and threaten global stability.
Britain's black Christians called to support development in Africa
The chair and founder of the recently launched African Development Forum (ADF), the Rev Wale Hudson-Roberts, has called on black Christians to be advocates for the African continent, and to challenge structures and attitudes which keep millions of Africans in poverty.
Southern Sudan president reaffirms will to work with churches
"We remain committed to work side by side with the churches," the president of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit told representatives of an international ecumenical delegation in Juba, Southern Sudan, on 3 April 2008.
Catholic Church gets hip for Pope's youth rally
Hip, young and fun are usually not words that come immediately to mind when describing the Catholic Church. But this is the mood the world's second largest religious institution is looking to create for the Pope's stop at a youth rally in New York next Saturday.